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Characterizing near-bottom ocean currents at deep-sea topographic features requires observations across multiple scales, from basin-wide circulation models to local in situ measurements. This study addresses this challenge at DeepInsight Hill, on Moh...

Dissimilar alumina-to-copper joints are key enabling structures for hermetic ceramic–metal feedthroughs used in vacuum-electronic and X-ray-tube assemblies, yet the large mismatch in thermal expansion and the poor wettability of oxide ceramics...

The world has faced pandemics throughout its history. The most recent, COVID-19, took lives and disrupted healthcare and economies. COVID-19 vaccine programs were launched worldwide; however, the record time in which vaccines were developed raises qu...

Osteosarcoma is an aggressive primary bone malignancy affecting both humans and dogs, and canine osteosarcoma represents a valuable comparative model for investigating novel therapeutic strategies. Targeting tumour metabolism may enhance the efficacy...

We assess two Albania–Greece corridor channels: visitor expenditure in Greece and Greece-origin finance potentially supporting Albanian capital formation. Bilateral visitor-receipt data complement immediate-partner direct investment liability t...

The Cap ‘n’ collar isoform C (CncC) transcription factor, the insect ortholog of mammalian nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), serves as a central regulator of redox homeostasis and xenobiotic detoxification. Increasing ev...

Real-world driving tests reflect vehicle performance in everyday use, but extracting energy conversion data from extensive measurements remains challenging. The study compared a hybrid electric vehicle and a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, with the...

Reliable anomaly detection of sensor measurements is essential for monitoring complex systems in smart manufacturing environments. However, conventional approaches often require predefined statistical assumptions or explicit knowledge of physical mea...

Rapid and nondestructive assessment of sodium metabisulfite (Na₂S₂O₅) bleaching treatments and sulfur dioxide (SO₂) residues is important for the quality and safety control of Lanzhou lily. This study integrated hyperspectral imaging (HSI), machine l...

Wi-Fi 7 (IEEE 802.11be) introduces key physical and medium access control (MAC) layer advancements, including wider channel bandwidths up to 320 MHz, 4096-QAM modulation, preamble puncturing, and tri-band operation across 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz to...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to analyse cognitive functioning and temperamental traits among young adults differing in their level of engagement in video gaming. Methods: The analysis included 67 male students from the Józef Piłs...

Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) contains high levels of anthocyanins and other phenolic compounds. This study evaluated pulsed magnetic-field-assisted extraction (PMF) as a means of intensifying anthocyanin mass transfer and examined the antioxidan...

Background/Objectives: Mesenteric malperfusion is the most lethal and least recognizable complication of acute type A aortic dissection. This study aimed to examine organ-specific malperfusion patterns and 30-day mortality in acute type 1 aortic diss...

Background/Objectives: Early identification of microbiologically confirmed sepsis and antimicrobial-resistant infection remains challenging in critically ill patients. The renal–inflammatory–nutritional–metabolic (RIN-IM) score inte...

Background/Objectives: Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) is a widely investigated adjunct for managing oral biofilm-associated bacterial and fungal infections, but poor photosensitizer penetration, aggregation, biofilm hypoxia, and protocol v...

Shell limestone sawing generates large quantities of porous carbonate waste that is difficult to reuse because of its high water demand and variable fine-particle content. This study evaluates an industrial-scale route for converting this waste into...

This paper presents a forecast-plan/actual-replay energy management framework for a photovoltaic-integrated hybrid uninterruptible power supply. A day-ahead schedule is generated from forecasts and replayed using realized profiles. The formulation ac...

The city of Tlaxcala, located in central Mexico, is a small region with high industrial activity that releases potentially toxic elements (PTEs) into the environment. This study investigated the concentration, distribution, contamination levels, and...

Background and Clinical Significance: Kawasaki disease (KD) lacks specific diagnostic tests and requires early diagnosis and treatment to prevent coronary artery lesions. Concurrent infections may produce KD-like presentations; however, practical man...

Saharan ksour are undergoing a profound transformation as urbanization spreads, building practices change, and old functions give way to new ones. Their architecture and building materials have been studied extensively. What has not been documented i...

This paper investigates the robust stabilization problem for a class of neutral uncertain stochastic systems with Markovian switching and time-varying delays. The objective is to design a feedback controller based on discrete-time state observations...

Traditional agricultural heritage, represented Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems by GIAHS, constitutes a valuable asset of human agricultural wisdom and serves as a paradigm for sustainable development of modern agriculture. However, u...

Locoregional therapies are used across the hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treatment spectrum, including for curative treatment of small tumors, as bridging or downstaging therapy before liver transplant, for treatment of intermediate-stage disease, a...

This study evaluated the effects of chemical and organic fertilization on aboveground biomass and soil properties across three natural grassland regions in the middle section of the Greater Khingan Mountains. Field experiments were conducted in Keyou...

Wound healing is a complex biological process that can be severely impaired by persistent inflammation, oxidative stress, microbial infection, impaired angiogenesis, and defective extracellular matrix remodelling. These abnormalities are particularly...

Background: Real-world outcome data on Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) from Eastern Europe are scarce, and partly digitised hospital records make surveillance laborious. We characterised the epidemiology, comorbidity, treatment and in-hospit...

In this study, a digital-twin-oriented integration architecture was developed for district heating networks in a laboratory Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) environment and evaluated. The implemented testbed combined a virtual SIMATIC S7-1500 controller ex...

Authorization is a core function of access control in distributed systems, where decisions and enforcement may span heterogeneous components and administrative domains. This paper presents a standards-informed taxonomy and applies it in a systematic...

Equivalent continuum models provide an efficient alternative to explicitly resolving the internal architecture of lattice structures, but their accuracy in finite components depends strongly on structural scale, boundary effects, constitutive behavio...

The development of steels with good mechanical properties is essential for high-strength and deflection fabrications. This paper investigates the effect of annealing temperature on the dynamic mechanical behavior, microstructural response, and fractu...

Background/Objectives: Freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) are among the most endangered faunal groups. This study examines the genetic diversity of Unio crassus, a species critically endangered in Europe. Methods: Using novel (nadh3-tRNA-nadh2)...

Breast cancer, the most prevalent malignancy among women globally, requires precise assessment of lymph node metastases in whole-slide images (WSIs) for accurate clinical staging and therapeutic planning. However, manual assessment is laborious and p...

Background: Automation-based inspection removes classification errors from imperfect production, but production inventory models built on it rarely account for carbon regulation or for the effect of displayed stock on demand. Methods: This paper exte...

This study examined whether rumen-protected niacin (RPN) supplementation is associated with uterine hemodynamics and the postpartum uterine environment in Japanese Black cattle. Experiment 1 used a crossover design to evaluate acute uterine vascular...

Understanding elemental distribution among slag, dust, and copper-bearing products during pyrometallurgical copper production is critical for minimizing valuable metal losses, controlling potentially hazardous elements, and improving resource recover...

Analytics programmes can reduce EOQ ordering and holding costs, but expenditure is committed before planned benefits are fully realised. This study extends an established joint cost reduction formulation with a post-optimisation benefit realisation e...

This study proposes an explainable and lightweight pipeline leak-diagnosis framework based on a leak-oriented Acoustic Spectral Portrait (ASP) processing pipeline and transfer learning. The ASP processing pipeline converts one-dimensional acoustic em...

Hydrothermal vent communities are a source of bioactive compounds; some of these could be a potential anticancer therapy. Riftia pachyptila is a marine invertebrate endemic to hydrothermal vents. The dichloromethane–methanol (1:1) extracts were...

Turnip (Brassica rapa L.) is widely cultivated for food and has documented ethnomedicinal uses. This scoping review mapped the international literature on turnip, with detailed synthesis focused on turnip materials associated with selected regional f...

Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) represents a key clinical challenge, being a major global cause of morbidity and mortality. Typically existing as a nasopharyngeal commensal, pneumococcus undergoes significant metabolic changes during its swit...

Bearing fault diagnosis can fail to generalize when a fault size is absent from training, even when the fault classes remain known. We study this closed-set unseen-severity problem on six tasks from the CWRU and DZLRSB datasets. Severity Path Invaria...

This paper develops a unified hybrid control architecture for switched nonlinear systems under aperiodic denial-of-service (DoS) attacks with non-minimum phase internal dynamics. The methodology relies on three technical pillars: multi-diffeomorphism...

Renewable power generation plays a central role in the transition toward sustainable, low-carbon energy systems. However, selecting an appropriate technology remains challenging because technical, economic, environmental, and operational criteria may...

Background: Plant-mediated synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) has emerged as a sustainable alternative to conventional chemical methods, offering environmentally friendly routes for producing nanomaterials with biomedical potential. This study...

This paper investigates strict passivity analysis for continuous-time unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm cooperative payload transportation systems with time delays arising from onboard processing and state acquisition. The UAVs are assumed to have...

Small borrow pits in agricultural landscapes are difficult to monitor because exposed mining surfaces resemble bare cropland, extraction is intermittent, and production records are often limited. This study characterized borrow materials in Indramayu...

Plant height is an important agronomic trait affecting cotton architecture and mechanized production. Leucine-rich repeat extensins (LRXs) are cell-wall-associated proteins involved in cell-wall organization, cell elongation, and cell-wall integrity...

Local energy sharing can support more sustainable distribution systems by coordinating rooftop photovoltaic generation, behind-the-meter storage, and flexible demand among prosumers. Its expansion to larger energy communities, however, requires benef...

CHD2-related neurodevelopmental disorders are increasingly recognized as a distinct group of epileptic encephalopathies with heterogeneous clinical manifestations. Here, we report a 12-year-old female patient with pharmacoresistant epilepsy, mild cog...

Immersive technologies are reshaping sport spectatorship by changing how spectators perceive events, allocate attention, experience emotions, and form behavioral responses. Yet empirical research on virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed...